“Pitch” your grant concept and connect with thousands of STEM Ecosystem collaborators nationally - February 2
Posted January 25, 2023
Sustainable grant opportunities with thousands of STEM-based organizations nationally.
Our concept is a “pitch” event where researchers working on a specific grant RFPs (IES/EIR/CSforAll in this case) can recruit partners from some 90+ US STEM Learning Ecosystems. For reference, each STEM Learning Ecosystem can represent hundreds of diverse collaborators from education, business, community, and government organizations and often serves as the interface for broader level STEM-based collaborations. As a result, STEM Ecosystems are an ideal partner for researchers looking to connect with most STEM based organizations.
Our community held its first ever “pitch” event in October 2022 with just under 100 participants. Attendees connected with 7 researcher teams from institutions including TERC, EDC, ILI, and CAST. After the session, each researcher commented on the value of participating by connecting with multiple ecosystems after their pitch. Based upon this success, we will hold a second pitch event on February 2nd at 12 EST focused on EIR, IES and CS for All RFPs.
In addition, the pitch also allows for Ecosystems partners to pitch their concept to potential researchers. As a result, we also invite you to join and listen into project possibilities.
If you or members of your team are interested to make a pitch or attend, please email Dr. Jeremy Babendure (jbabendure@scitechinstitute.org) to discuss further.
Additional details about the February pitch event:
- The session will take place on February 2 at 12 EST.
- We are seeking a total of 7-8 pitches. Each will have five minutes to pitch and two minutes for questions. Should we get more requests, we will likely add another session time.
- We will provide a framework that should be used to guide presentations. No more than 5 slides.
